Wire fence



(No Model.) I

R. B. PERKINS.

l WIRE PBNGE. y No. 484,756. Patented oct. 1s, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD B. PERKINS, OF HORNELLSVILLE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES A.BALL, OF VELLSVILLE, NEWA YORK.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,756, dated October18, 1892.

Application filed February 3, 1892. Serial No. 420,186. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD BPERKINS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Hornellsville, in the county of Steuben and State ofNew York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WireFences; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates .to improvments in Wire fences of that class whichemploy longitudinally-twisted strands of Wire; and the objects of theinvention are, first, to provide an improved fence-wire in which thelongitudinally-entwined strands are locked and held in place by anornamental third wire, which passes from opposite sides of the axis ofthe entwined strands through the loops formed in the latter, whichfurther serves to prevent the entwined strands from turning either wayor from twisting tighter or untwisting; second, to secure uniformtension of the entwined central strands, so that when the wire isstretched the ornamental third wire will be held irmer between saidentwined strands, and, third, to enable the wire to be easily andquickly secured to the fenceposts, either by nails driven through theloops of the ornamental wire or by staples which straddle the entwinedcentral strands of the fence-wire.

With these ends in View my invention consists in the combination of twocentral longitudinally-twisted strands and a third ornamental strandpassing through the loops formed' by the twisted central strands andadapted to lock such wires together and give to the fence an attractiveappearance.

My invention further consists in the peculiar construction andarrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an illustration of afence-wire constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is anedge view of the same. Figs. 3 and et are sectional views on the lines0c c and y y, respectively, of Fig. 1.

' together.

Like letters of reference denote correspond- 5o ing parts in all thefigures of the drawings, referring to which- A A designate the twocentral strands of my improved fence-wire. As shown, these wires aretwisted throughout their length, forming a series of eyes or loops B,which are equidistant from each other. The entwined central strands A Aare locked or fastened in position, and prevented from becominguntwisted by a third ornamental wire C prefer- 6o ably of less diameterthan the main wires A A. The third ornamental wire C, passes through theloops or eyes B, formed by the entwined wires A A', from opposite sidesof the axis of the entwined central strands. The parts of said thirdwire remote from the central strands A A are bent upon the strand toform eyes or loops D D on opposite sides of the central wires. The loopsor eyes D on one side of the central wires are arranged 7o in nearly thesame vertical plane as the loops or eyes D on the other side of theentwined central wires. The lockingstrand C passes down through one ofthe eyes B on one side of one of the central strands A A', and after 7git is bent t-o form an eye or loop D it passes up through the next oradjoining eye B out on the opposite side of one of the central strands.By thus crossing the main strands and passing on opposite sides of eachof them 8o at adjoining eyes B the central strands are prevented frombecoming twisted tighter and from untwisting, and they are securelylocked The loops or eyes D, formed in the locking-strand C, serve togive the Whole Wire 8L; an attractive and ornamental appearance, andthewidth of the fence-wire can be varied by increasing and decreasing thelength of the loops or eyes D D in the ornamental wire G.

The fence-wire formed in the manner described can be easily and quicklyattached to suitable fence-posts by driving nails or staples throughsuch eyes and across the central en twined strands of the Wirer Havingthus fully described my improvements, what I claim as new, and desire tose-I cure by Letters Patent, is-

As an article of manufacture, an ornamental stantially as described, forthe purpose specifence-wire consisting of two longitndinallyfied. 1oentwined strands and a third ornamental In testimony whereof I ax mysignature in strand having its inclined parts passing in presence of twoWitnesses.

straight lines through the eyes formed by the RICHARD B. PERKINS.twisted central strands and which is coiled Witnesses: upon itself onopposite sides of said central FILLMORE STIOKLES,

strands to form a series of eyes or loops,` sub- WILLIAM S. CHARLES.

